Routine Maintenance of Smith Ditch (Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-KER-32380-R4)
Summary
SCH Number
2023060490
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4
(CDFW)
Document Title
Routine Maintenance of Smith Ditch (Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-KER-32380-R4)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/19/2023
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement number EPIMS-KER-32380-R4 pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to the applicant, Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District. The Project includes routine, reoccurring maintenance activities to facilitate water conveyance through the Smith Ditch where it traverses the Canebrake Ecological Reserve from its diversion from the South Fork of the Kern River to its terminus at Smith Ranch. Vegetation and debris will be removed, stockpiled in the ditch, and scooped out of the ditch. Material will be placed where it cannot reenter the ditch channels, or the piles will be hauled from the property in dump trucks
Contact Information
Name
Jim Kitch
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Region 4
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Bakersfield
Counties
Kern
Regions
Countywide
Parcel #
055-130-26
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1(b); California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301.
Reasons for Exemption
The Project includes the maintenance of an existing water conveyance ditch with no expansion of use. The Project will not have significant environmental impacts if it is completed under the protective features of Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-KER-32380-R4
County Clerk
Kern
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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